This document provides information about using the past tense in English. It discusses regular and irregular verbs. For regular verbs, it explains how to form the past tense by adding "-ed" to the infinitive. There are three rules for verbs ending in certain ways. It also discusses using the past tense to talk about completed past actions and periods of time. Examples of time expressions that can be used are provided. It also covers using "did" for questions and negatives, conjugating the verb "to be" in the past tense, and using expressions like "used to" and quantities like "much", "many", and "a lot."

1. DIPLOMADO DE INGLES
NIVEL III
ISC. Meztli Valeriano Orozco

2. UNIDAD I
PAST TENSE

3. ● En inglés para hablar en pasado empleamos
dos tipos de verbos:
● Verbos regulares
● Verbos irregulares

4. Verbos Regulares
● Son los verbos acabados en "ed", por ejemplo:
I worked -> Yo trabajé
I studied -> Yo estudié
● Para formarlos bastará con agregar la
terminación “ed” al infinitivo del verbo

5. Ejemplos:
● Work -> Worked
● Play -> Played
● Finish -> Finished
● Plan -> Planned
● Fit -> Fitted
● Call -> Called
● Quit -> Quitted

6. Regla # 1
● Si el verbo es de una sola sílaba y tiene la
forma CVC (Consonante, Vocal, Consonante)
tendrás que repetir la última consonante antes
de añadir la terminación “ed”.
● Fit -> Fitted
● Drop -> Dropped

7. Regla # 2
● Si el verbo termina con “y” y se encuentra
precedido de una consonante, la letra “y” tendrá
que ser sustituida por la letra “i”, para despues
añadir la terminación “ed”.
● Cry -> Cried
● Study -> Studied
● Fly -> Flied

8. Regla # 3
● Si el verbo termina en “e”, solo tendrás que
añadir la letra “d”.
● Dance -> Danced
● Bake -> Baked
● Complete -> Completed
● Measure -> Measured

9. Ejercicio # 1
● Forma el pasado de los siguientes verbos:
Attack (atacar) Spell (deletrear)
Behave (comportarse) Live (vivir)
Ask (preguntar) Open (abrir)
Cough (toser)
Borrow (pedir prestado)

10. Verbos Irregulares
● Son los verbos que hay que aprenderse de
memoria, ya que no siguen una regla específica
para su conjugación en tiempos
infinitivo/pasado/pasado participio. Por ejemplo:
"do" hacer
You did it -> Tú lo hiciste

13. Estructura del Pasado Simple
+ Verbo en Pasado + C
Ana cried for his boyfriend
They studied for the quiz

14. ¿Cuando usamos el Tiempo
Pasado?
● We use the past simple to talk about actions
and states which we see as completed in the
past.

15. Podemos usarlo para hablar acerca de un
punto específico en el tiempo.
● She came back last Friday.
● I saw her in the street.
● We danced with Mariana and Nicole.

16. ● It can also be used to talk about a period of
time.
● She lived in Tokyo for seven years.
● They traveled to London last week..

17. Encontrarás que el pasado simple emplea “time
expressions” como estas:
● Yesterday
● three weeks ago
● last year
● in 2002
● from March to June
● for a long time
● for 6 weeks
● in the 1980s
● in the last century
● in the past

18. Negando en Pasado
+ did not / didn't + verbo en + C.
Infinitivo
● Willfred didn't eat pasta for 5 weeks
● Luis and Paco didn't leave the band.
● We didn't sleep since the attack.

19. Recuerda
● Para negar y preguntar en pasado se utiliza el
verbo auxiliar "did" para todas las personas.
● El verbo "did" es un verbo auxiliar (no significa
hacer) y, por tanto, NUNCA debe utilizarse
conjuntamente con el verbo "to be".
● Por ejemplo: No se dice: "Didn't are."

20. Conjugando al Verbo “to be”
Presente
● I am
● You are
● He / She / It is
● We are
● You are
● They are
Pasado
● was
● were
● was
● were
● were
● were

21. Negando con el Verbo “To be”
Normal
● I was not
● You were not
● He was not
● She was not
● It was not
● We were not
● You were not
● They were not
Contracted
● I wasn't
● You weren't
● He wasn't
● She wasn't
● It wasn't
● We weren't
● You weren't
● They weren't

22. Ejemplos:
● I was not a great basketball player.
● Terry wasn't living in Monterrey.
● Ana, Mary and me weren't classmates.
● It wasn't windy.
● They weren't a marriage two years ago.

23. USED TO

24. ● Usamos la expresión 'used to' para hablar sobre
algo que hacíamos regularmente en el pasado
pero que no realizamos más en el presente.
● I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two
years ago.
● Ben used to travel a lot in his job but now, since
his promotion, he doesn't.
● I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.

25. Estructura
+ used to + verbo + C.
infinitivo
● I used to go to the gym
● Ana used to play hockey
● They used to go out to dinner

26. Tambien lo utilizamos para hablar de algo que
fue verdad pero que ya no lo es más.
● There used to be a cinema in the town but now
there isn't.
● She used to have really long hair but she's had
it all cut off.
● I didn't use to like him but now I do.

27. También se usa 'to be used to doing' para decir
que algo es normal o usual.
● I'm used to living on my own. I've done it for
quite a long time.
● Hans has lived in England for over a year, so he
is used to driving on the left now.
● They've always lived in hot countries, so they
aren't used to dealing the cold weather.

28. Usamos 'to get used to doing' para hablar sobre
algo a lo que nos estamos acostumbrando.
● She has started working nights and is still
getting used to sleeping during the day.
● I have always lived in the country but now I'm
beginning to get used to living in the city.

30. Expressions of Quantity

31. ● Son colocadas después de los nombres y
expresan que tanto ('how much' or 'how many')
existe sobre algo.
● Algunas expresiones de cantidad solo son
usadas con uncountables nouns y otros solo
con countable nouns.
● Otras expresiones de cantidad son usadas con
ambos, ya sea contable o no contable

32. Much – Not Countables
Se utiliza con nombres no-contables en
oraciones negativas y preguntas.
● How much homework do we get?
● How much money do I need?
● How much milk do you want?
● Is there much sugar in my tea?

33. Many – Countable nouns
Se usa con nombre contables en oraciones
negativas y preguntas.
● How many sisters does he have?
● How many pupils are in this class?
● How many books do you buy?
● How many cows live on this farm?

34. A few – Countable nouns
Se usa con nombres contables.
● There are just a few examples.
● I meet a few friends
● I see a few hundred pupils.
● I've got few brothers.

35. A little - Uncontables
Usamos "a little" con nombres no-contables.
● There is little tea left.
● Not a lot, only a little, please.
● I've got little money.

36. A lot of / Lots of
Se usa tanto para nombres contables como no
contables.
● There are a lot of cookies
● They have got a lot of CDs.
● There are a lot of things on your table.
● We have got lots of money.